PROACTIVE in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of PROACTIVE
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proactive
 a.  acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty
 a.  causing something to happen and controlling a situation rather than waiting to respond to something after it happens
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1  It said the meeting was a proactive approach, rather than a sign the situation was escalating.
2  "Those days when METI acted as a proactive, hands-on industrial policymaker are over."
3  I want our organization to be less reactive and more proactive.